Projector headlight retrofit
I've decided I'm just not satisfied with the light output of the stock headlights. I want to retrofit some projectors into them. Here are some poor shots of what the headlights I'm working with output. Both use a 50 watt halogen bulb.
This is a VW projector from a New Beetle. My wife and I owned a New Beetle and the headlights were great. I never felt like I was out driving them like I do with my stock Mitsu headlights.
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/l...clipsh/002.jpg
Here is a shot of the light output.
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/l...clipsh/007.jpg
Here is the stock Galant headlight without the plastic lens.
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/l...clipsh/005.jpg
Here it is with the plastic lens.
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/l...clipsh/006.jpg
You can see that the light isn't dispersed nearly as well as the light from the VW projector. Way more of a hot spot effect.
Here is the VW projector through that lens. Kind of a crappy picture due to balancing the combo on my knee and my wife's car casting a big shadow in the middle. I'll see if I can get another one later. You can still see it has more even light dispersal and a decent cut-off.
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/l...clipsh/008.jpg
I'm going to try this setup with the stock lens in place and see how it goes. If need be I may grind down some of the ridges inside the stock mitsu lens to see if I can improve the lighting effects.